by Scott Atnip | Apr 21, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we are excited to be recording from the Texas Capitol office of Rep Trey Martinez-Fischer. Scott talks with his Senior Budget Analyst, Eva Deluna Castro—many Weekly Witness listeners will know Eva from her years with the Center for Public Policy Priorities,...
by Scott Atnip | Apr 10, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we are recording from the University of Houston Downtown at the invitation of the Center for Critical Race Studies. Scott sits down with Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, author, and the Associate Professor of Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University Divinity...
by Scott Atnip | Mar 31, 2023 | Economic Justice, Health, Weekly Witness
This week we welcome Terri Burke, Executive Director of the Immunization Partnership, to talk about the importance of vaccinations–one of the 10 major advances in public health of the 20th century–and the history behind the vaccine opposition movement, which is...
by Scott Atnip | Mar 24, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we welcome Diana Forester, Director of Health Policy with Texans Care for Children. We are just over halfway through the 140 day legislative session, and Texas Impact has many priorities, and maternal health and Medicaid for Texas families are always...
by Scott Atnip | Mar 17, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we welcome Texas Impact’s Executive Director Bee Moorhead and Advocacy Director Josh Houston to the program as we reach the midpoint of the 140 day legislative session.
by Scott Atnip | Mar 10, 2023 | Weekly Witness
This week we are joined by Reverend Rob Mueller, pastor of Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, and one of the clergy leaders of Texas Impact’s Ending Gun Violence issues team. We discuss the work Rob is doing to engage his denominational body–Mission...
